Typhoid and Smallpox Alarm Grips Willamette Valley Albany Plans Health Measures
Typhoid fever in nearby towns and a smallpox outbreak in Lebanon prompt Albany officials to choose a city physician to oversee disease control. Dr W H Davis is likely to be named. Affected families include the Day residence in Corvallis where Eva Belle Day, 19, died of typhoid and a younger sister is gravely ill. Also reports on new parlor cafe cars on the Pendleton Spokane line and a free Bridges Concert in Chicago to be held in Athena. Real estate listing for the Carden property on Main Street offered by Charles Norris.
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Albany
Wallace
McClain
City Board of Health
W. H. Davis
Lebanon
Misa Eva Belle Day
John Day
Corvallis
Athens
Pendleton
Pullman
Spokane
Pullman Company
Main Street
Carden
Charles Norris
Sunday School Association Ways and Means Report
The Umatilla County Sunday School association delegation at Athena urges stronger evangelistic focus, district conventions, home departments and cradle rolls, and a decision day that leads to ongoing nurture. It calls for teacher training, state cooperation, a state field worker, and two cents per enrolled member to support county work. Signed by Mrs. Robt Warner, Mrs. Frank Richmond, and Mrs. D Taylor.
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Sunday School Association
Bhose
Jesus
Oregon Mne
State Sunday School Association
Umatilla County
County Association
Robt, Warner
Frank Richmond
D. Taylor
Athena Residents Return From California
Athena residents who spent the winter in California mostly returned home this week. T J Watts will stay in California into mid month. Mr and Mrs T J Kirk, Mr and Mrs Wm Baker of Adam, and Mr and Mrs Chas Brown arrived home, with Brown staying in Pendleton. Wm McBride returned on yesterday’s train with 40 pounds California avoirdupois, claiming improved health. The Bridges Concert Co planned to perform Tuesday night at the Christian church after a stop in Caldwell Idaho. Holt Brothers Side Hill Jr combined harvester for sale, good as new, 400 acres harvested, price 1100. contact John C Walter, Athena Ore.
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Athena
California
T. J. Watts
Mr. Watts
T. J. Kirk
Prospect Park
Los Angeles County
Mm. Wm. Baker
Adam
Chas. Brown
Brown
Pendleton
Wm. McBride
Hale
Heauty
Caldwell
Bridges Concert Co
Christian Church
Tdaho
Newa
Assembly Hall
O. K
Gale
Oue Holt Brothers
Side Hill Jr
Valloo
John C. Walter
Ore
Pendleton filings show three candidates for state and federal offices
Three Pendleton residents filed petitions with the secretary of state. T G Hailey seeks the Democratic nomination for supreme court judge, currently the incumbent amid a suit by Governor Chamberlain to fill an unexpired Wolverton term. W B Ellis enters the race for congress in the second district, and W G Cole announces intent to run as Republican for senator representing Union, Morrow and Umatilla counties, pledging support for the top vote getter for U S senator and a platform of fewer, better laws and strict enforcement.
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Pendleton
Secretary of
Asalew Special
T. G. Hailey
Supreme Court
Chamberlain
Wolverton
W. B. Ellis
Congress
W. G. Cole
Pendleon
Union
Morrow
Umatilla
United States
Crop figures tally Northwest wheat output in January bulletin
The January Weather Bureau crop bulletin lists Northwest wheat at 56,240,027 bushels with Oregon producing 18,982,585, Washington 16,810, Idaho 10,841,582. Values total about 39,? million across states, with other crops and livestock also itemized. Cash shoeing announced for shops.
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Northwest
The
Weather Bureau
Edward 4. Benls
Portland
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Yellow Kid Base Ball Team Promises Strong Season
Athena backers expect the Yellow Kids to field a competitive baseball team this year with players from Athena and nearby towns. Pendleton and Walla Walla are anticipated to have tougher squads, while local organizers push to form upper country teams and revive local enthusiasm for the sport. The Dixie Jubilee Singers also perform Monday at the Athena opera house, drawing a crowded Palouse audience and boosting a library fund to about forty dollars.
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Athena
Fana
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Dixies
William's
Dixie Jubilee Singers
Athena Opera Home
Catraf
Palouse
Bowers’ Opera House
High School Library
Walla Walla Receiverships Shake Local Politics
Walla Walla officials react to news from Washington that Senators Ankeny and Piles urged J. Gillis to succeed J. L. Mohundro as registrar and Jenne G. Miller of Dayton as receiver. Mohundro was away and unaware orders had been sent until informed by a reporter at the courthouse.
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Mohundro
Walla Walla
Waab‘ington
Ankeny
Piles
J. Gillis
Walla Walle
Stabbed at Salem saves life of Anti Saloon League organizer
Paul Rader, Salem visitor and anti saloon organizer, was stabbed near an alley on Summer Street while describing depot directions. The blade pierced his vest pocket through a book, a guard that may have saved him, as two assailants fled and authorities search the city. Rader identifies a suspect seen earlier on a Portland train and notes a liquor-smell on the attacker.
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Salem
Portland Oregonian
Paul Rader
Rader
Portland
Summer Street
Chemeketa
Summer
Chemeketa Street
Woodburn
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Anti-Saloon League
Defied Sunday closing edict, Walla Walla confectionery open
The Rogura Horwell coin of Walla Walla kept the confectionery shop open Sunday in defiance of Prosecuting Attorney Wilson Sunday closing law. Saloon men debate whether to challenge the company or let the law lapse. If no case is pressed, cigar stores and confectionery shops may reopen next Monday.
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Wilson
Walla Walla
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Butterick
G. Adam
F. 8
B.C. Adams
F. 8. LE Grow
D. H. Preston
P. E. Colbern
A. M. Gillis
Gillis Lumber Yard
Willamette Valley
Chicago
Dell Brothers
Mmittee Reports
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